ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE 
 
 OF 
 
 VERY BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLES 
 
 OF 
 
 THE COSWAY BINDINGS 
 
 WITH MINIATURES ON IVORY BY 
 
 THE FAMOUS COPYIST 
 1 MISS CURRIE. 
 
 INVENTED AND SOLD BY 
 
 HENRY SOTHERAN, LIMITED, 
 
 Booksellers and Bookbinders to H. M. the King, 
 43 PICCADILLY, LONDON, W.I.
 
 No. 895. 
 
 GREENAWAY (Kate) : The LANGUAGE of FLOWERS, 
 first edition, beautifully illustrated throughout in 
 colours, square izmo. purple morocco, with MINIA- 
 TURE of a LADY, seated on a grassy bank, arranging 
 flowers; with side border incorporating the well-known 
 lines of Pope : 
 
 ' Where'er you tread, the blushing flowers shall rise, 
 And all things flourish, where you turn jour eyes ' ; 
 a little gem, 16. i6s 1884 
 
 of Book 6x5; Si^e of Miniature 3 x 2^. 
 
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 No. 896. 
 
 FRANCESCO BARTOLOZZI, R.A., by J. T. Herbert 
 Baily, with coloured and other illustrations, 4to. blue 
 morocco, with 2 large and most BEAUTIFUL MINIA- 
 TURES ; on the obverse ' SPRING,' and on the reverse 
 * VENUS CHIDING CUPID,' after engravings by BAR- 
 TOLOZZI (a magnificent example), 42. 1907 
 
 Si^e of Book 11x9; 
 of the extra large Miniatures 5f x 4^. 
 
 See also illustration on last page.
 
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 No. 894. 
 
 DICKENS (Charles) : THE PICCADILLY ANNUAL : con- 
 taining the first issues in this country of DICKENS'S 
 HUNTED DOWN, and BRET HARTE'S famous Poem, 
 DICKENS IN CAMP, 4to. dark crimson morocco, with 
 inlays in white morocco, to represent curtains ; with 
 MINIATURE on the obverse of LITTLE NELL AN D HER 
 GRANDFATHER IN THE CHURCHYARD, and on the 
 reverse the DEATH OF LITTLE NELL, both after 
 engravings by H. K. BROWNE, with a verse from 
 * Dickens in Camp ' at foot, 42. 1 870 
 
 of Book 9^ x yj ; Si^e of Miniatures 4^ x 3 J.
 
 No. 898. 
 
 DICKENS (Charles) : GREEN LEAVES : New Chapters 
 in the Life of CHARLES DICKENS, by JOHN HARRISON 
 STONEHOUSE, enlarged edition with 10 illustrations, 
 8vo. green morocco, with 2 extra large MINIATURES 
 of DICKENS (each one side), as a young man, and late 
 in life, 30. Piccadilly Fountain Press, 1931 
 
 Si^e of Book 9 x 5 4 ; Sfee of Miniatures 4^ x 3f . 
 
 This, the first completed volume of the recently 
 established Piccadilly Fountain Press, was limited 
 to 500 signed and numbered copies. 
 
 Copies can be supplied in boards, price i. is.
 
 No. 893. 
 
 SHAKESPEARE (William) : A COLLECTION of POEMS, 
 viz. Venus and Adonis ; The Rape of Lucrece ; The 
 Passionate Pilgrim ; Sonnets to Sundry Notes of 
 Musick [edited by Charles Gildon], with facsimiles 
 of the original titles, small 8vo. brown morocco, with 
 MINIATURE of SHAKESPEARE, after the DROESHOUT 
 engraving on obverse, and THE DEATH of ADONIS, 
 on the reverse (rare), 31. los Bernard Lintott [1709] 
 
 of Vol. 7x4^; Si^e of Miniatures 2-| x 2f .
 
 No. 897. 
 
 LAMB (Charles and Mary) : MRS. LEICESTER'S SCHOOL, 
 illustrated in colours by Winifred Green, small oblong 
 4to. green morocco, with MINIATURE of CHILDREN 
 PLAYING AT MARBLES (paper ends), 13. 13^ [1927] 
 
 of Book 7^ x 7 j- ; Si^e of Miniature 8^ x 4^.
 
 No. 892. 
 
 STERNE (Laurence) : SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY THROUGH 
 FRANCE AND ITALY, beautifully printed in brown and 
 green, with clever illustrations by Polia Chentoff, 
 small 4to. purple morocco, with MINIATURE of the 
 AUTHOR, 20. The Black Sun Press, Paris, 1929 
 
 of Book 8^ x 6f ; Sfee of Miniature 3^x2^.
 
 No. 847. 
 
 BODLEY (Sir Thomas) : LETTERS TO THOMAS JAMES, 
 First Keeper of the Bodleian, edited with an Intro- 
 duction by G. Wheeler, royal 8vo. dark purple 
 morocco, with large MINIATURE of SIR THOMAS 
 BODLEY, 28. 1926 
 
 of Book 9^x7; Si^e of Miniature 4f x 3 .

 
 No. 891. 
 
 MADONNA PICTURES: ONE HUNDRED FAMOUS 
 PICTURES from Continental Galleries, 4to. lemon- 
 coloured morocco, inlaid with large panels of blue 
 morocco, on which are lilies inlaid in white and green 
 morocco, with 2 MAGNIFICENT MINIATURES after 
 BOTTICELLI (one each side), uncut, top edges gilt, 
 
 63. [1930] 
 
 of Book iojx y|/ Step of Miniatures 4^ diam.
 
 No. 884. 
 
 KIPLING (Rudyard) : JUNGLE BOOK SECOND JUNGLE 
 BOOK, with illustrations by J. Lockwood Kipling, and 
 others, 2 vols. post 8vo. grey morocco, gilt edges, 
 gilt paper ends, with 2 MINIATURES copied from 
 illustrations in the books, 22. los 1895 
 
 of Books 7 J x 5 ; Si%e of Miniatures 3 diam.
 
 No. 831. 
 
 MIROIR de la MODE, 1803 ; Vol. I. only (? all 
 published), containing the 12 Monthly Parts, complete 
 with Text, title, half-titles, etc., with charming frontis- 
 piece in bistre by P. W. Tomkins, and 24 very 
 beautiful and delicately coloured costume-plates, being 
 for the most part gracefully drawn single-figure 
 studies, the flesh portions in stipple, /{.to. mauve- 
 coloured morocco extra, with 8 MINIATURES (4 on 
 each side) of fashionably dressed ladies, with gorgeous 
 head-dresses (A MAGNIFICENT COPY OF A VERY RARE 
 
 AND BEAUTIFUL BOOK), l2O. 
 
 Madam Manchester, 17, New Bond Street, 1803
 
 No. 899. 
 
 LAMB (Mary and Charles) : TALES from SHAKESPEARE, 
 with Introduction by F. J. Furnivall, illustrated by 
 Harold Copping, 2 vol-s. roy. 8vo. in i, green morocco, 
 with MINIATURES of CHARLES LAMB on obverse, and 
 SHAKESPEARE on reverse, 27. 
 
 of Book 9! x 7 ; Si%e of Miniatures 4| x 3 .
 
 No. 900. 
 
 ELLIOTT (Grace Dalrymple) : JOURNAL of my LIFE 
 during the FRENCH REVOLUTION, with portrait, 8vo. 
 Venetian red morocco, with MINIATURES of the 
 FAMILY of Louis XVI., and the DAUPHIN, 20. 1859 
 
 Si^e of Book 8f x 6 ; 
 of Miniatures 2x2^ and z x ij.
 
 No. 901. 
 
 SCOTT (W. Bell) : The LITTLE MASTERS, illustrated, post 
 8vo. olive brown morocco, with MINIATURE of the 
 HOLY FAMILY in the Carpenter's Garden, after Jan 
 Wierix, surrounded with a framework of blind- 
 tooling, 16. i6j- 1879 
 
 of Book ~i\ x 5 i / Si%e of Miniature 3-^ x 2^.
 
 No. 902. 
 
 MASSON (Frederic) : NAPOLEON and the FAIR SEX, 
 with portraits, 8vo. crimson morocco, with oval 
 MINIATURE of JOSEPHINE on obverse, and rectangular 
 MINIATURE of NAPOLEON on reverse, -22. ios 1894 
 
 Si^e of Book 8 x 5 i ; 
 of Miniatures zf x 2^ and 3 x zf .
 
 Beautiful Examples 
 
 of the 
 
 Cosway Bindings 
 
 Invented by J. H. Stonehouse for 
 
 HENRY SOTHERAN, LTD. 
 
 With Miniatures by the famous copyist 
 
 MISS CURRIE. 
 
 * I ^HESE beautiful Books are bound by RIVIERE, 
 -- in the finest Levant Morocco, richly tooled 
 after special designs, with MINIATURES painted on 
 Ivory by Miss CURRIE, glazed and inserted below 
 the level of the morocco ; the bindings are finished 
 in the finest possible manner, with morocco joints 
 (unless otherwise described), tooled inside borders, 
 and watered-silk linings and ends, and the volumes 
 are provided with drop cases, so that they can be 
 kept on the shelves without fear of breaking the 
 glass, while the back of the volume shows in the 
 ordinary way. 
 
 COSWAY BINDINGS with Miss CURRIE'S MINIATURES 
 can only be obtained from HENRY SOTHERAN, LTD., 
 or their Agents. Each example is registered under 
 a distinctive number, and contains a COLOPHON, 
 as illustrated on the opposite page, signed both by 
 the INVENTOR and the ARTIST.
 
 This is No. 
 
 of the Cosway Bindings 
 
 invented by J. H. Stonehouse, 
 
 with Miniatures on Ivory 
 
 by Miss Currie. 
 
 Signed 
 
 Artist. 
 
 The si^es of the Books and of the Miniatures 
 
 in this Catalogue are given 
 
 in inches.
 
 Fore- Edge Paintings 
 
 by 
 
 Miss Currie 
 
 ^T^HESE Books are specially bound for us by 
 
 -*- MESSRS. RIVIERE & SON, in old-fashioned 
 
 straight - grained morocco extra, tooled in blind 
 
 and gold ; AND THE INVISIBLE PAINTINGS ON THE 
 
 FORE-EDGES, UNDER THE GOLD, ARE ONLY SEEN WHEN 
 THE EDGES ARE FURLED BACK IN A SLANTING POSI- 
 TION, as shown in the following illustrations. 
 
 Each example contains a COLOPHON (similar to 
 the one on the opposite page] signed by the Artist, and 
 is registered under an individual number ; none 
 of these are duplicated (excepting Galsworthy's 
 Forsyte Saga and Modern Comedy), thus the 
 collector may be assured of purchasing a volume 
 that is unique. 
 
 Views of Customers' OWN HOUSES, or scenes in the 
 localities , can be done to order from photographs, in the 
 same manner.
 
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 Fore-Edge Paintings : 
 
 162 GALSWORTHY (John) THE FORSYTE SAGA, crown 
 8vo. blue morocco extra, WITH A VIEW OF RICH- 
 MOND BRIDGE (162), 8. 8j- 1929 
 
 ANOTHER COPY, dark green morocco extra, 
 
 WITH A VIEW OF STANHOPE GATE (158), 8. 8j~ 
 
 - - A MODERN COMEDY, first edition^ crown 8vo. 
 maroon morocco extra, WITH A VIEW OF OLD RICH- 
 MOND BRIDGE (159), 8. 8j- 1929 
 
 - ANOTHER COPY, dark green morocco extra, 
 
 WITH A VIEW OF MAPLEDURHAM (l6o), 8. 8.T
 
 
 
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 Fore-Edge Paintings : 
 
 75 GRAHAM (P. Anderson) HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS 
 IN NORTHUMBRIA, with numerous illustrations by 
 Hugh Thomson, post 8vo. light blue straight-grained 
 morocco extra, WITH A VIEW OF BELSAY CASTLE, 
 
 116 KIPLING (Rudyard) KIM; and the NAULAHKA : a 
 Story of West and East, Pocket Editions, 2 vols. in i, 
 
 WITH A VIEW OF THE BRITISH RESIDENCY AT HYDER- 
 
 ABAD, 7. js 1925 
 
 109 PRIDDEN (William, Vicar of Broxted, Essex) AUS- 
 TRALIA : its History and Present Condition . . . both 
 of the Bush and Colonies, with map, nmo. red 
 straight-grained morocco extra, WITH A VIEW OF 
 PORT ARTHUR, TASMANIA, 6. i$s 1843 
 
 in WESTGARTH (William) AUSTRALIA: its Rise, Pro- 
 gress and Present Condition, with folding map, post 
 8vo. blue straight-grained morocco extra, WITH A 
 VIEW OF POINT PIPER FROM SHARK'S ISLAND, 8. 8j 
 
 1861 
 
 The map is contained in a separate linen case.
 
 A 000103537 7 
 
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